March trial date for Seeno sales exec

OAKLAND -- A federal wire fraud trial for a top Seeno company sales executive is scheduled to begin early next year.

Carey Hendrickson, 36, of Martinez was indicted earlier this year on three counts of wire fraud, the first casualty from a 2010 FBI raid of the Seeno family's Concord headquarters. The federal judge Thursday set a trial date for March 11.

Hendrickson's defense attorney John Runfola also told the judge he plans to file a motion before then, saying "there may be an issue with searches conducted on (Hendrickson's) computer."

A prosecutor has said that they recovered about 20,000 e-mails from Hendrickson, who still works for Seeno Homes. She is accused of participating in a scheme that inflated the value of four homes she tried to buy in a struggling Pittsburg development owned by her employer. Court documents show Hendrickson's alleged activities may have been part of a larger Seeno effort to inflate the value of homes, also known as a "builder bailout."

Hendrickson has been free on $50,000 bail.

A prosecutor has said he anticipated the FBI making further arrests as part of the investigation.